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The Puppet Masters
by Robert A. Heinlein
Heinlein, Robert A. The Puppet Masters. Doubleday, 1951.
Slugs from Titan land on earth and take over people’s brains. At one time or another in the plot all the main characters are in the control of the slugs. The insidiousness of the slug control is the most interesting element of the story. I cannot help but think the slugs are a commentary on communist propaganda which was a hot topic in the news at the time. That even the best of us are not immune to bad ideas is a theme that would have appealed to Heinlein. The slugs are finally dispatched with biological warfare that harkens back to The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. The book has been adapted into movies three times with little success, the last one being a 1994 film with Donald Sutherland. Is it time for another film putting the story int the context of “fake news”?
Slugs from Titan land on earth and take over people’s brains. At one time or another in the plot all the main characters are in the control of the slugs. The insidiousness of the slug control is the most interesting element of the story. I cannot help but think the slugs are a commentary on communist propaganda which was a hot topic in the news at the time. That even the best of us are not immune to bad ideas is a theme that would have appealed to Heinlein. The slugs are finally dispatched with biological warfare that harkens back to The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. The book has been adapted into movies three times with little success, the last one being a 1994 film with Donald Sutherland. Is it time for another film putting the story int the context of “fake news”?